Milk-pail.



S. E. GRALL.

MILK PAIL. APPLIUATION FILED Nov. le, 1907. 1 963,87 3. Patented Ju1y12,1910.

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SARAH E. GRALL, 0F BANGOR, MICHIGAN.

MILK-FAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1910.

Application filed November 16, 1907. Serial No. 402,501.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH E. GRALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bangor, in the county of Van Buren, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Fails; and I dohereby declare the follo-wing to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to milk pails and has for its primary object toprovide a milk pail which will be more sanitary than the ordinary onesnow in use and which may be more readily kept clean.

In carrying out my invention I provide, in connection with a milk pailof the ordinary type having a pouring` spout and a. strainer arranged atits point of junction with the pail, a cut-olf slide which may be movedto position to close the said spout and at the same time prevent themilk within the pail coming in contact with the strainer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a milkpail constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a top planview thereof, Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view takentherethrough at one side thereof, and, Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the slide.

In the drawings, there is shown a pail indicated by thenumeral 5 thesaid pail being of the usual construction and being provided with apouring spout 6 which lextends upwardly and laterally therefrom. A wiregauze strainer 7 is fastened at the point of junction of the spout withthe pail it being understood of course that when the milk is poured fromthe pail it will be strained. The spout 6 is eXteriorly threaded at itsend and engaged upon its said end is a cap closure 8 which, of course,is to be removed when it is desired to pour from the pail. Soldered orriveted upon the inner face of the pail upon opposite sides of theopening 9 across which the wire mesh is stretched are guides which areeach comprised of an attaching portion l0 and a guide portion ll whichis formed by bending the strip of sheet metal from which the guide isformed in a zigzag manner, the said portion 1l being spaced from thewall ofthe pail The guide members it will be noted are open at theirends so that no obstructions occur to interfere with the thoroughcleansing of the portion of the pail beneath the guides. Thus noinaccessible corners are produced 'in which insanitary matter canaccumulate. This is an important feature in devices of this characterwherein the thorough cleansing of the parts is an absolute necessity.

In connection with the pail and with the guide above described, I haveprovided a closure for the opening 9 which is in the form of a sheetmetal plate or slide l2 bent transversely to conform to the curvature ofthe wall of the pail and this slide has its vertical edges seated in theguides to each side of the said opening 9, the said slide being movablevertically to close or clear said opening as will be readily understood.In order to limit the downward movement of the slide, the upper edgeportion thereof is overturned as is indicated at 13 so as to lit overthe rim or upper edge 14 of the pail when the slide is lowered totheproper degree.

From the foregoing description of my invention it will be understoodthat the guides l0 serve to hold the closure slide l2 snugly against thewall of the pail and that by so doing, the slide being lowered, contactof the milk or other contents of the pail with the wire mesh strainer 7is obviated and consequently not only is the life of the strainerprolonged but it is kept clean.

The combination with a vessel having an aperture in one of its sidewalls and spaced from its upper rim, of a spout connected to the outerface of the vessel and extending over the said aperture, guidesconnected to the interior of said vessel at opposite sides of saidaperture and open at the upper and lower ends, whereby the guides areleft free for cleansing, and a plate engaging said guideways andmaintained in position thereby and with a stop rib at the upper endadapted to engage the upper rim of the vessel and limit the downwardmovement of the plate.

In testimony whereof, I aiiiX my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

SARAH E. GRALL.

Witnesses:

H. S. MAGKELLAR, J. E. SEBRING.

